There are a few days every month when my belly gets bigger

Memories flooded in like a flood, sweeping through my mind in an instant.Lutus stepped on the cold steps alone, and the faint candlelight pulled his body out of the long shadow.

It seems that it will go out at any time.

He can use holy light to illuminate the space in front of him, illuminate the tower, and even illuminate the entire emerald.

Yet he was unwilling to do so.

Eternal Light.

How many years ago, who raised the scepter, penetrated the dark and cold world, and gave him a little warmth,

During the long, empty, desolate and dead years, it became the only light in his life.He once hoped that that little flame would never go out, so he did not hesitate to find everyone who could blow it out.

But he was strangled by his own hands.

The black-haired young man held the exquisite candlestick until he released the restraint and walked into the room he was most familiar with.The interior furnishings are the same as when I left, and even the pen that fell on the ground has not changed its position.

In the glass bottle on the table, there is a white rose—but it has withered long ago.The dry petals are no longer as moist as they used to be, and they can't even find the beauty they once were.

From that day on, he left here and never wanted to come back.This area is designated as a restricted area and no one is allowed to enter.

— including himself.

The young monarch walked to the window and looked at the scenery outside the window.

Under the night, Fei Leng Cui was lonely and calm, she fell asleep, and she didn't seem to wake up. The moonlight like water coated the green branches and leaves with a layer of silvery white light.

But there was no sound of roses blooming.

The luxuriant branches and leaves dance with the breeze, but there is no trace of flower buds among the large green areas.As if they were born this way, as if they never bloomed.

However, in his memory, there was clearly another time.

Such a heart-wrenching time.

But people don't want to think about it anymore.

Why, he never thought that the thin Duke of Rose is Arlan?

Reuters stood in front of the window for a long time, as if he had become a sculpture.The cold night wind blew over his body again and again, blowing into his chest through the skirt of his clothes, as if to blow the coldness to the bottom of his heart.

It never occurred to him to come here to see Arlan.

What he wanted to see was his ignorant, ignorant, and extremely stupid self.

Reuters suddenly turned around, facing the familiar display in the room, as if he wanted to bring his memory back to that day, the day when Duke Rose was executed.

His temples were throbbing, something was clamoring in his mind, and he wanted to rush out. He barely pressed his forehead, squatted down, and picked up the pen on the ground.

But inadvertently, I accidentally saw a letter under the desk, sandwiched in the gap between the floors, and there was a small rose mark in the exposed corner of the envelope.

So familiar, every stroke and every painting, he knows how to move.

Hiding in the darkness, Reuters slowly frowned.

—He had never seen such a letter.

That was the rose mark of the Lorraine family, and he had seen it countless times, whether it was on the battlefield or in life.It was also because he was too familiar with it but ignored it, so that he never thought that the rose ring in Arlan's hand had the same pattern.

The young monarch subconsciously looked at the ring on his hand, and the lifelike rose quietly bloomed.

The letter lay quietly under the desk, in an inconspicuous crevice, and the parchment envelope was covered with a thick layer of dust—it must have fallen to the ground when he was dealing with official documents before.From then on, she hid in this secret corner and never saw the light of day again.

Reuters pulled out the dusty envelope and brushed the dust off the surface of the envelope with his fingers.The envelope in his hand was very simple, there was no redundant information other than the rose pattern imprint and the mark presented to the monarch.

It also added a bit of trouble to the work of judging the origin of this letter.

Who could have sent it to him?

It was written in the upper left corner of the envelope that it was addressed to the emperor of the Degas Empire, and the destination of the letter was Fei Lengcui—that must have been after he had killed Joseph.Then Alta Lorraine is absolutely impossible, he died when he was still in the capital.

Correspondingly, there was no possibility for Xiu—because when he attacked Fei Leng Cui, Xiu had already died.

So, the owner of this letter is...

Reuters heard his heart beating uncontrollably, and his mind was full of all kinds of strange thoughts.It won't be Alta, it won't be Xiu, and it's even less likely to be other people in the Qiangwei family... They haven't directly conveyed the letter to their status.And the only option left...

Lewis' heart choked.

In an instant, uncontrollably, the figure of the silver-haired pope appeared in his mind.

Arlan?

At the moment when those three words rolled from the tip of his tongue, he even felt his hands trembling slightly.

This is a letter written by Allan to him, after he has killed his uncle and become the emperor of the Degas Empire.

What is he writing this letter for?Did he really write to himself?Why did he write this letter—I don’t know how long he stayed under the corner of the table. If he didn’t think of picking up the pen today, he might never see it.

There are not many things left by Allan in his possession, and seeing such a letter at this time is enough to make people ecstatic.

Reuters picked up the fragile envelope almost carefully, and spread it flat on the desk.All four corners are flattened.

The black-haired youth took out a paper cutter and carefully cut the envelope along the spine.

Where the envelope was cut open, traces of letter paper were faintly exposed.Reuters carefully pulled out the white letter paper from inside.

——At that time, the young Reuters didn't know what he was going to see.

He was simply delighted to have found Arlan's belongings.

After Lutus took out the letter paper, he didn't even dare to open it, but just traced the exposed corner of the letter paper over and over again, like caring for a treasure.

"Dear Reuters".There are six words written there.

Six words are enough for him to let go of all his defenses and accept them with the most joyful gesture.

Calculating the time, it should have been written by Arlan after he became the Duke of Roses—because the paper used was exactly the same as that used by Xiu to write letters.At that time, he always thought that Alan was dead, but it never occurred to him that he was still alive in this world.

Reuters was sad and happy, but his nose was sour when he thought of the person who had left forever.

He rubbed and rubbed, and finally opened the letter paper solemnly when the edge of the letter paper had been rubbed with rough corners.

Arlan, what would you say to him?

Until he saw the beautiful and familiar handwriting, in the dark blue ink, there was even a faint floral fragrance of white roses.

He guessed that Allan must have used the one that mixed the white rose flower juice into the ink - it was mentioned by Allan inadvertently in the Tower of Darkness, and it took a lot of effort for the young Lutus to make it. .

The young monarch read the letter every word as if it were a treasure, but every time he read a paragraph, his face became paler, until finally he completely lost all color, and became like the legendary sick and stiff Bloodlines.

Reuters remembered a letter he had sent to the Qiangwei family. At that time, the Qiangwei family had just come to the fore and became the main force of the old aristocracy.Reuters didn't know what kind of mood he wrote to the young Duke Lanxiu, saying that as long as he was loyal to the royal family, he could spare him.

At that time, Lan Lorraine was the Duke of Rose who stood opposite him.

And later, he knew that Lan Lorraine was the Pope he had sworn allegiance to.

Reuters never thought about why he wrote to the Duke of Rose at that time, logically speaking, what he wanted to do was to destroy all the old nobles.It wasn't until later that he realized what the inexplicable feeling in his heart was.

It's a pity that I didn't recognize it back then!

It's a shame that I subconsciously ignored it back then!

At that time, the letter he sent was like a sinkhole, and Lan didn't even respond to it.Frustrated and angry, he finally sent his army to attack Lorraine, vowing that the old nobles would never be destroyed, and the battle would continue for a day.

However, what about the facts?

Reuters' fingers were trembling, his arms were trembling, and his body was trembling as well, like leaves falling in the wind, which could be crushed by a gust of wind at any time——

not like this!

not like this!

Lan once wrote back to him, and it was the one in his hand at the moment.

It's a pity that it fell into an inconspicuous gap and was not discovered until today.

Three full years late.

Three full years late.

And these three years are enough to make many things irreversible.

Afterwards, Reuters suspected more than once that the young Duke of the Qiangwei family was his young pope, but that young man never admitted it, never affirmed it—instead, he refused loudly.

From beginning to end, he never acknowledged his identity as Pope.

Tears welled up in Lewis' eyes, and he fell to his knees on the floor.The cold stone surface is like his cold heart.

How could he admit it?

The familiar font on that letter is enough to prove his identity. Although the signature is "Lan Loren", anyone who is a little familiar with him can recognize the handwriting.

Arlan was willing to give up his title of nobility.

Arlan is willing to persuade other nobles to submit to him.

Alan is willing to donate the wealth of the Qiangwei family to help him rebuild the empire.

The condition is to pardon all civilians belonging to the old nobles, acquit them, and save all civilians who once stood against him.

They are innocent.

They are also commoners of the Empire.

They are also the children of Reuters.

Such a trivial request, even if Alan didn't make it, he would still do it—this was originally one of his plans.After all, the former terror policy cannot always be used as a normal means of rule. If he wants to win the hearts of the people and appease the common people, he should naturally treat them equally.

The young Duke Rose didn't even make any demands for himself.

However, he never, never received a reply—after waiting for days, he finally became discouraged and went to the front line of the old nobles' rebellion against the monarch.

If, even the status of the Pope could not impress him.So, what else can make Reuters moved?

Lutus was no longer the innocent boy who would hold him in his arms and pick a white rose for him in the Tower of Darkness.

He is the new king of the Degas Empire.

Reuters once asked for the loyalty of the Duke of Rose, and Reuters once asked for the surrender of Lan Loren, and Reuters met him with the silver-haired blue eyes in his memory many times, many times.

However, the Rose Duke just laughed at him coldly. The naive and immature Allan had already died under the thunderstorm between Capro and the Southern Continent.

But after that sentence, there was an unfinished meaning, but it was a pity that Lu Tuos, who had already been dazzled by anger, never noticed—the one who survived was Rose Duke Lan.

When he was sitting in the Qiangwei family's territory, dipping a quill pen into the ink, and writing this letter, what kind of mood was he holding?Is he willing to admit that he is still alive, is he willing to admit that he is the pope, is he willing to come to the capital to see him and be with him?

Arlan never even tried to hide his handwriting.

But all of this was messed up.

"Your Majesty?" the maid called out tentatively, but Reuters didn't answer.

The young monarch silently held the letter tightly in his palm, and strode out of the tower.

He kept walking all the way, walked directly into the main hall of the Holy See, and found what he wanted in the depths of the hall, in Gregory's bedroom.

Teleportation array.

It was finally restored after the war, but there was no one I met at the destination.

Lutus pursed his lips and walked straight in. When he walked out of the circle again, his nose was already filled with the lingering fragrance of roses.

Lorraine.

Walking in quietly from outside the gate, the mansion of the Qiangwei family was directly reached by the teleportation circle.This place has been sealed since the fall of the old nobles. Reuters did not give it to anyone, but preserved its original appearance.

When was the last time you came here?

In a daze, he thought about three years ago, at that time, Xiu had just died in the Holy See.In order to weaken the strength of the Qiangwei family, he turned a blind eye to Xiu who was under attack, but after his death, he heard unexpectedly that the Qiangwei family found the youngest son Xi to inherit the title.

At that time, I entered the mansion of the Qiangwei family with the idea of ​​completely destroying the Qiangwei family, and what I actually thought in my heart was to kill Lan Luolan.After all, I am not familiar with him, after all, the existence of the Qiangwei family is not in my interest.

And when the boy with silver hair and blue eyes walked in, all thoughts disappeared.

I was scolded bloody by him.

Passing through the corridors and flower shops, he shuttled back and forth in the mansion, and finally found the room that belonged to Arlan. The layout was as familiar as it was in the Tower of Darkness.

Lu Tuosi quietly stepped forward, feeling the atmosphere of a boy in this familiar setting.

The books he had read, the music scores he had copied, the teacups he had drunk, the quills he had used... His eyes passed over here one by one, and every place was full of familiar atmosphere , as if to evoke those beautiful memories in the Tower of Darkness that can no longer be retrieved.

Lutus' pupils shrank suddenly, and he felt that somewhere, there was a particularly strong aura, similar to Allan's aura, but faintly mixed with something else.

I searched carefully from the bookshelf, and found the mechanism after a while.Lutus closed the first book in his left hand with his hand, and a secret door suddenly and silently appeared behind the bookshelf.

He went straight in, and every step he took, the breath became stronger and stronger.However, he didn't feel any vitality from it, as if it was just a dead thing without life.

A heavy uneasiness suddenly flashed through his heart, and his eyelids twitched more and more violently. Reuters almost couldn't control himself and wanted to turn around immediately, but in the end he managed to stabilize his mind.

Until he finally reached the deepest part of the dark passage——

Under the cold light of the luminous beads, there is a small crystal coffin.Inside the crystal coffin covered with rose petals, there is a small figure.

The baby closed its eyes tightly.

At that moment, something seemed to fall to the ground, and the young monarch knelt down in front of the crystal coffin. His hands convulsed and wanted to touch the transparent crystal, but the moment he touched it, he seemed to be touched by an electric current, and suddenly retracted his fingers.

Less than a year ago, Lan Lorraine was seriously ill, and he took that opportunity to finally break through Lorraine's gate.

What has he done?

There seemed to be thousands of thoughts passing through my mind in an instant, and it seemed that nothing had been thought of in an instant.

In the rosebush many years ago, the words of the young pope came to my ears again——

"In this world, there is resurrection, right?"

TheEndOfAct3 episode

The author has something to say: so it is not a BUG to not recognize it

It was Arlan who didn't admit it ╮(￣▽￣")╭

I mentioned that letter before, but I guess everyone didn't pay attention, wow Kaka